# Archive vs archives

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Archive
*noun · IPA [aʁˈçiːvə] · frequency rank #12,227*
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Archiv

### archives
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #32,914*
3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs archive

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/archive-vs-archives